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Zimbabwe, as you all know, is a country without social services’ provision or healthcare, a country where the pensions and tiny savings of the elderly have been stolen by the state. How Can You Help? Because of limited resources ZANE targets the money you generously send us with great care. ZANE is a “relational” charity…

Happy Birthday Zimbabwe, although not so much for some. Zimbabwe enjoyed her 41st birthday on Sunday, although the use of the word enjoyed is debatable. The closest I got to festivities was when three MiG jets streaked overhead at ten in the morning. I was standing in the garden of one of our pensioners at…

With the help of several donors, ZANE has been delivering parcels that contain food and coronavirus protection kits – these have had a huge impact on the wellbeing of some of our beneficiaries as you can see from the report from our Zimbabwe teams: We delivered to one group in a local home who were…

I had a favourite uncle who lived in Finland. He taught me how to quaff 40 percent vodka, which might have had something to do with his popularity stakes within the family. He told me that Finnish people love quaffing vodka. I was just twenty at the time and not yet familiar with the term…

With the help of several donors, ZANE has been delivering parcels that contain food and coronavirus protection kits – these have had a huge impact on the wellbeing of some of our beneficiaries as you can see from the report from our Zimbabwe teams: We did our normal food deliveries but this time with a…

With the help of several donors, ZANE has been delivering parcels that contain food and coronavirus protection kits – these have had a huge impact on the wellbeing of some of our beneficiaries as you can see from the reports from our Zim teams below: We have been delivering food and PPE (Personal Protection Equipment)…

March 4th, 2021 This week has been tough with not a lot of funny out there to write about. I had to drop off a Zimmer frame with an elderly lady trapped in her bed for nearly a week, because her legs have stopped working. She was crying not so much from the pain, but…

A message from our food distribution manager in Harare: With the new year well and truly underway, I just wanted to look back on last year. Leading up to Christmas there is always a mad scramble to collect gifts of food and other items and make sure that all donors who have pledged food products…

Hilda was limping and complaining of pain in her leg. She is desperately lonely and needs to talk a great deal, saying she is isolated, has no one to keep her company, can’t spend much time with the other residents as they are all difficult to talk with according to her. Jean is not a…

Sylvia phoned Sandy at 4.45 a.m. on Sunday morning, saying she urgently needed money to see her doctor for her painful leg. We delivered to her at speed on Monday morning, even though we knew we’d be seeing her on Wednesday. When I visited her on Wednesday, she was well and happy and had not…